Notable food eaten during the trip

What?	Where?	Comment
Octopus with chips	Night market @ Forodhani Gardens, Zanzibar
Banana beer	Kande beach, Malawi
Some homemade beer	Shebeen in a township close to Cape Town
Farinha	Brazil
Cheviche + Pisco Sour	Pisco, Peru
[BUG: cow's heart (anticucho)]	La Paz, Bolivia
[BUG: describe]	Spanish restaurant in Valparaiso
"Mumm", just like grandmother made them	Wang Li Ying, Chinese (owned) restaurant in Rio Gallegos, Argentina
Pig gut	Buenos Aires
Lamingtons	Cairns
Siomay + siomay isi udang + siomay isi cumi + 3 x kentang (potato) + kubis (cabbage + beans?). Deep fried and served with a plate peanut sauce.	Siomay Jakarta Kang Ujang, Yogyakarta	Delicious seafood dish.
Kentang goreng "Roestis Istimewa"	Hotel Yoschi's, Java, Indonesia	Rösti a la Indonesia. The hotel is German-owned and advertises itself as "die beste Kartoffelgerichte seit 20 Jahren". The hotel is 1750m up in the mountains where people grow a lot of potatoes.
Roasted pork + rice + tapioca leaves + pig blood/chilly mixture	Berastagi, Sumatra, Indonesia
Palm tree bark wine (tuak)	Berastagi, Sumatra, Indonesia	Rp 2000 per glass
7-eleven hot dog	Thailand	If you are hungry and don't feel like wasting time and money in a restaurant, but want quality food then pick up a 20-Baht hot-dog from a 7-eleven (the main tourist streets in Banglamphu have at least 10 7-elevens, but there are many also in other parts of Bangkok). The clerk hands you the bun and the sausage, after which you can add as much sauce and salad as you wish.
Jelly drink	Damnoen Saduak, Thailand	Since having seen it for the first time in Malaysia in 2005 I had always wanted to drink this weird drink containing large chunks of floating jelly. But as this drink is mostly sold on the street and therefore based on water of unknown source I had always postponed trying it. Finally tried it while visiting the floating markets when Sumpun bought it for us. Verdict: texture interesting, taste not so much.
Fishballs with noodles and peanuts, with Red Bull and sugarcane juice	Close to Bangkok, Thailand	Red Bull was invented in Thailand.
Chocopie (sometimes under different names)	Laos; Vietnam; Cambodia; Thailand; India	Chocolate-covered cake with marshmallow inside. Sold in packs of 1, 6, and 12 cakes.
Sticky rice	Chiang Mai; Vieng Phouka
Sandwiches of French bread	Luang Prabang, Laos
Cao lầu	Hoi An, Vietnam	The specialty of Hoi An.
Stir-fried frog with vegetables	Nha Trang, Vietnam	Tasted like a combination of fish and chicken.
Dal makhani + roti + local beer Kingfisher	Ideal Palace, Chowpatty Beach, Mumbai, India	Indian food is usually so spicy that I've had to throw it away after a few bites, or ordered Western food instead or even eaten in McDonald's in the first place. The dal makhani (a lentil dish) served by Ideal Place was very tasty and was not spicy at all.

For selected food photos see the food-tag.

Kaarel, 2010-05-17